Assessment of Health Education Infographics in Saudi Arabia

Autor/inn/en	Jahan, Saulat; Al-Saigul, Abdullah Mohammed; Alharbi, Ali Mousa
Titel	Assessment of Health Education Infographics in Saudi Arabia
Quelle	In: Health Education Journal, 80 (2021) 1, S.3-15 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jahan, Saulat)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0017-8969
DOI	10.1177/0017896920949600
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Health Education; Social Media; Information Dissemination; Hospitals; Health Facilities; Visual Aids; Program Effectiveness; Chronic Illness; Public Health; Risk; Life Style; Illustrations; Design; Layout (Publications); Institutional Characteristics; Food; Nutrition; Religion; Cultural Influences; Child Health; Mothers; Communicable Diseases; Drug Therapy; Value Judgment; Evaluation; Aesthetics; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Soziale Medien; Informationsverbreitung; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Gesundheitszentrum; Anschauungsmaterial; Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Gesundheitswesen; Risiko; Lebensstil; Bildliche Darstellung; Textgestaltung; Lebensmittel; Ernährung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Mother; Mutter; Contagious disease; Contagious diseases; Communicable disease; Infektionskrankheit; Werturteil; Evaluierung; Ästhetik; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Objective: To evaluate the health education infographics posted on Twitter accounts by major health care institutions in Saudi Arabia. Method: Cross-sectional review of health education infographics using a semi-structured evaluation form. The scoring rubric included 10 criteria grouped under 4 main headings: (1) usefulness, (2) legibility, (3) graphics and illustrations and (4) aesthetics. Rated on a scale of 1 to 5, scored items were summed and converted into a percentage. Each infographic was classified as being of high quality (70%-100%), medium quality (40%-69%) or low quality (0%-39%). Results: A total of 297 infographics were evaluated. The most common topics concerned chronic diseases and associated risk factors (n = 72) and healthy lifestyle (n = 51). The highest re-tweets (524), likes (605) and replies (226) were received by government organisations. Overall, 249 (83.8%) infographics were categorised as of 'high quality', 46 (15.5%) as 'medium quality', and 2 (0.7%) as 'low quality'. The highest proportion (93%) of 'high-quality' infographics came from government hospitals. Among individual criterion, drawings (17.2%) made up the highest proportion of the 'low quality' category followed by overall design (10.8%) and purpose (10.8%). Light text (covering < 50% of the infographic) showed a significant statistical association with the number of replies (p = 0.007), number of likes (p = 0.003) and number of retweets (p = 0.018). Conclusion: The majority of infographics were rated as being of 'high quality'. Government institutions were assessed as having better quality infographics than private hospitals. We recommend that social media design specialists and health education specialists collaborate to design clear infographics with better overall design. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01